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2004 Dodge Ram 1500 suspension problems

68 complaints about suspension have been filed for the 2004 Dodge Ram 1500, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
68 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
80,000 miles 61 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
6 and 1
Injuries and deaths
9 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When suspension problems show up

Suspension complaints by mileage, 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 80,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 9 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 10 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 11 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 6 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 3 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 80,000 miles
Based on 61 complaints that include mileage. 33% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles9
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles10
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles11
140k to 160k miles6
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles3
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 61 suspension complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 1 fire, 9 injuries.

What owners wrote

Driving northbound on the 101 freeway in the far right lane changed to the center lane on dry asphalt pass a slower moving car and heard a loud noise. Face impacted the steering wheel .don,t recall anymore than that do have an accident report. Think the right rear axle broke or something in the right front suspension. Tie rod or ball joint the inside of the right front wheel is estroyed and was off. The truck complete with large bracket broken tie rod and ball joints and rotor . Outside of wheel is not damaged.

Reported at 5,226 miles, June 2004 CrashFireInjury

Both front hub/wheel-bearing assemblies have failed on my truck. My truck has 50k miles! The front wheel-bearing on both sides makes noises, sometimes sounds like it is catching or getting stuck. This has caused me to wreck in a ditch and is very dangerous. The noise starts out only once in a while, then seems to be constantly grinding.

Reported at 50,100 miles, February 2010 CrashInjury

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